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ATK and Astrium announced they were working together in response to NASA’s Commercial Crew Development-2 (CCDev-2) procurement. The team is offering NASA launch services with a rocket dubbed Liberty, basically a combination of existing space shuttle and Ariane 5 elements.
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The Ariane 5 launcher for Arianespace’s second flight of 2011 is taking shape in French Guiana, where it will be used to loft a dual payload of the Yahsat 1A and Intelsat New Dawn telecommunications satellites.
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The launch of a Proton-M rocket carrying the KazSat-2 and SES-3 telecommunications satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, previously scheduled for 31 March, has been postponed.
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Rocket: Minotaur I; Payload: NROL-66 [a.k.a. Rapid Pathfinder Program (RPP)]; Date: 6 February 2011, 1226 UTC; Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA. The classified payload is reported to be used by the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to test new optical or radar imagery systems.Other Posts:Iridium Offers Satellite E-mail Service For Zodiac ShipsTeal Worldwide Mission Model Estimates 2,229 Space PayloadsSEAKR to provide Iridium NEXT communication processorThrust controller failed aboard GSLV-F02Inmarsat Profit Nearly Doubles In 2006Formosat 3 failures ‘no big deal’Spacedev President ResignsModulus Unveils New Class Of Encoders

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Missile manufacturer BrahMos Aerospace said will manufacture the GSLV’s cryogenic engine once the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has completed development of the technology.
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Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload: Progress M-09M (Progress 41P); Date: 28 January 2011, 0131 UTC. The Progress cargo spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit for another mission to the International Space Station.

Russia hopes to launch another three GLONASS-M satellites on board a Proton in May or June to complete the GLONASS constellation, the head of Roskosmos said.